It's roughly every twelve hours. Some cats it wears off as quickly as eight hours, some last more than twelve hours. In general, you don't want to give a shot more often than about 12 hours apart unless someone experienced looks at her spreadsheet and thinks it would be ok.
Sometimes an overdose can actually cause high numbers. For now, I'd continue to test like you have been testing.
I was wondering with your math disability, does it help to have numbers written out in words instead of numbers? Or are numbers better? I mean is "three" better than "3" for understanding, or does that matter?
There are 3 incidents on the "
Where Can I Find?" thread where the cats were overdosed. You might want to read some of the comments in those threads. The second link below, where Ole got 9uR instead of 9u Lantus - R is a fast acting insulin that we use under certain circumstances. That's a little different situation, but I think the info about overdoses is still helpful.
There is a lot to remember with taking care of a diabetic cat. You're doing the best you can, which is all anyone can do!
I keep thinking you were going to switch to a human meter. Didn't you get one? I'd encourage you to make the switch - they are
easier to use.
It's roughly every twelve hours. Some cats it wears off as quickly as eight hours, some last more than twelve hours. In general, you don't want to give a shot more often than about 12 hours apart unless someone experienced looks at her spreadsheet and thinks it would be ok.
Sometimes an overdose can actually cause high numbers. For now, I'd continue to test like you have been testing.
I was wondering with your math disability, does it help to have numbers written out in words instead of numbers? Or are numbers better? I mean is "three" better than "3" for understanding, or does that matter?
There are 3 incidents on the "
Where Can I Find?" thread where the cats were overdosed. You might want to read some of the comments in those threads. The second link below, where Ole got 9uR instead of 9u Lantus - R is a fast acting insulin that we use under certain circumstances. That's a little different situation, but I think the info about overdoses is still helpful.
There is a lot to remember with taking care of a diabetic cat. You're doing the best you can, which is all anyone can do!
I keep thinking you were going to switch to a human meter. Didn't you get one? I'd encourage you to make the switch - they are easier to use.
Can you explain more about this? I didn't know you were using Tresaderm on her - are you, or is that a typo?
I am waiting til I run out of the alphatrak strips, which will be soon, then switching to Bayer. I am also concerned about the amt. of blood needed and the size of the lance. At present, very little blood is required, and the lance is very tiny. Also I have acquired a sense of what the BG numbers mean, and how to use the alphtrak meter. From all this, I have a sense of familiarity with the process, which is comforting. That goes out the window when I switch to bayer: different meter, different numbers, and so on.
Yes, tresaderm is for the post earmite invasion of Rory's ears, which it turns had become infected - from the mites, the meds or who knows. 6 of my cats are presently on around 13 meds at this time.
I'm using neosporin for TiTi. It's hard to remember all the meds' names, but every cat gets the right meds. I have a system that is based on a list that reflects the needs of cats who live in various locations. My cats are distributed in different areas of my home. It wouldn't work otherwise. Stuffing 16 cats into one big area is a recipe for disaster.
No,I find the numbers easier to work with. I thought the spread sheet required real math. It doesn't. It was just difficult to work with at first, primarily because I did not realize the +6, etc referred to the number of hours
after a particular shot was given. I thought it was the time, as in clock time, that was to be recorded, with appropriate round offs of the numbers. lol. That really wasn't working, and I kept trying to make it work.
My math problems showed up when I transferred to a school that had done a year of pre-algebra. I hadn't had that year, so everyone was ahead of me. On paper I had a nice IQ, so no one understood why I could not catch up. Missing that year of pre-algebra cost me dearly. I can do accurate math in my head and so on. But when it comes to more theoretical forms of math, I need extra time to work it out. No one understood that when I was a kid, so they thought I was just goofing off. ah well.
I am thinking that TiTi , at this time, must have very high insulin needs. The mistakes I made should have done a good deal more than cause her numbers to jump around. Over the last 2 years, I have dosed her within an 18 hour period about 5 times. I had no idea that it was dangerous.
Until I came here, no one had explained to me that Lantus was a depot medicine. That altered my thinking considerably. Yet I thought the 6 hour difference would not be harmful. Thing is, this is difficult to jugggle when well, and now I am not. I start a new job monday. It's all a bit much. As a writer , I am constantly taking short term contract jobs, while I continue to write, keep a clean home, and juggle 16 cats. I should have married a Pasha.
